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Eleven seemingly unconnected characters are captured at points in their everyday lives when they are plagued by uncertainty, nostalgia, insecurity and, above all, a persistent longing for a different life. Yet - even after this potent search for better, more fulfilling lives - has each person ended up where they really want to be

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An assured collection of short stories and a novella about faith, doubt, and grace.

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"First published in 2006 by McSweeney's Books, San Francisco"--T.p. verso.

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Two of Gilman's best works: a fascinating novel depicting a feminist utopia, and a short horror story based on Gilman's own bout with mental illness and misguided medical treatment.

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Hermes, the messenger of Zeus, likes to return to Earth now and again. He chooses to do so in Paris at the time of Napoleon III, a time of great frivolity and instability. Here he decides to play the most explosive practical joke in the world's history.

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A hard-drinking hockey journalist encounters unsavory characters while on assignment in Kansas and realizes his life can't be the same.

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A classic feminist novel for a new generation, resonating in a world of increasing radicalization.

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Set in 1976, two college students from Chicago who are vacationing in Puerto Escondido become involved in a violent confrontation between village locals and American tourists.

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"Hiding Out" is a collection of hilarious, sparkling stories about people avoiding the consequences of their poor decisions. A jilted lover dresses as a robot to win back the heart of an ex-girlfriend. A man builds a time machine to embrace the identity he always denied. Playful and empathic, these misadventures feature lonely hearts failing terribly to make a connection.

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High Skies recounts the collision of devastating weather, Cold War suspicion, tense race relations, and the unintended consequences of good intentions in a small West Texas town.

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The story of a woman's life told in reverse, this is the first Latvian novel to be published in America.

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Dreaming of escape from his remote village in the Himalayan foothills, Rabindra entreats the gods to send him an English bride. When a saucy English dance troupe arrives on the run from a Bombay crime boss, Rabindra believes that his prayers have been answered. Except that they have no interest in marrying anyone. As the village begins...

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It is 1914, and Bairnsdale is filled with the news of a war in far-off places, Ida is in love with Ralph, who is away fighting for his country. Ida envies his freedom, but when he returns wounded and troubled she begins to understand something of the nature of war. Years later her own sons go off to fight in World War II.

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A riveting debuta black Afghanistan veteran in search of his lost brother amid the chaos of Hurricane Katrina.

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With a deceptively simple style, this novel takes a compassionate look at complicated character, Ardennes Thrush, an award-winning movie star who suddenly and mysteriously quits acting.

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Stories about anxiety, foreboding, and a sense of calm resignation and peace with matters beyond our control.

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An incomparably hilarious satire of modern consumer culture, with everything from personality to religion commodified, like Virginie Despentes meets Blade Runner.

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A prize-winning debut with the punch of Palahniuk's Fight Club and searing impact of Houellebecq's Elementary Particles and Cline's Journey to the End of the Night.

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The first collection of short fiction from the award-winning novelist.